Table 4
Coverage and eligibility of the unemployed for Employment Insurance benefits, by province, 2011

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Coverage and eligibility of the unemployed for Employment Insurance benefits, by province, 2011
  Unemployed Contributors Contributors, valid job separation Contributors, invalid job separation Non-contributors Share of contributors with valid job separation who had sufficient hours to qualify
  thousands %
Newfoundland and Labrador 35 31 30E F 4E 93.3
Prince Edward Island 9E 8E 7E F F 91.0
Nova Scotia 38 29 23 5E 10 91.6
New Brunswick 34 29 26 3E 5E 87.9
Quebec 334 235 185 50 99 76.9
Ontario 554 312 248 64 241 74.3
Manitoba 32 18 13 5E 13 73.5
Saskatchewan 27 19 14E 6E 8E 83.8
Alberta 114 65 44 21E 49 78.2
British Columbia 168 121 104 16E 48 80.5
E
use with caution; coefficient of variation between 16.5% and 33.3%
F
too unreliable to be published; coefficient of variation over 33.3% and/or small sample size